To all the Para-kin families, blended families and step-families, we are soliciting stories, anecdotes, articles or essays to share for publication. If you are or have that special p-mom, p-dad in your family or you are blessed with a p-son or daughter, please email your story to myparakin@gmail.com, or use the form below. Any questions, please contact me directly. It’s…
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I love my daughter, and now I’m in love with my beautiful grandson. They are my daughter and grandson because I refuse to refer to them as “step” people. The only “steps” in our house are at the front door.
By Sandra Matuschka Excerpt from the Newport Daily News Article published 8/26/2015 For generations, the word “family” traditionally conjured up the notion of a mommy and a daddy, sisters and brothers, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles — the whole community of blood relatives. And although that family still exists today, overall the context of family as we have known it has…
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… so there I was tonight.. at an opening for a local art gallery. The female manager, in her late thirties, comes over and says, “I hear you are working on a new term.. something called Para-Kin.” I acknowledge this and she says.. “Well, I have been with my partner for 15 years and I think its crazy to introduce…
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Can Para-kin terms offer an alternative to Step-family terms? When we hear “Step” … our mind wanders into the world of Cinderella. As a family court attorney, I know that our clients are often in situations of blended families. They are parents with stepchildren and for many step families, these words work. Others though, regardless of their love, shy away from the word “step.”…
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